高一英语教案：Unit12 Fact and fantasy(备课资料)思维导图

Reference for Teaching

Ⅰ.异域风情

EBay

Every day,about 500 000 things are sold on the Internet computer Website called eBay.It has been called the most successful business in Internet history.

EBay is an international electronic auction(拍卖).Computer users around the world computer to buy things for sale on the eBay Website.The person who offers the most money buys the object.You can buy and sell almost anything on eBay.This includes art,books,electronic equipment,clothing,cameras,sports equipment,jewelry,movies and music.You can even buy and sell cars,property and places to spend your holiday.

There are about 11 million things for sale on eBay at one time.Many people buy and sell special things that they collect,like toy trains or dolls.Some of these things become very valuable over the years.For example,a woman in Florida has collected the toys called Barbie dolls since she was a little girl.She knows which ones are valuable because they are rare.Recently she bought one doll for a few dollars at someone’s yard sale.She later sold it for several hundred dollars on eBay.

Some things on eBay sell for only a few dollars.Others sell for many thousands of dollars,such as old cars or rare money collections.Some Americans have started their own business selling things on eBay.More than 100 000 businesses now operate only on eBay.

The headquarters(总部) of eBay are in San Jose,California.A young man named Pierre Omidyar started eBay.He worked as a computer programmer in California.Mister Omidyar’s idea was to set up a perfect,international marketplace where everyone was equal.His idea began as a Website called Auction Web in 1995.Three years later it became a public company.It was then valued at more than 2 000 million dollars.

EBay does not sell anything itself.Instead,it connects buyers and sellers.It collects money from the sellers for every object sold.EBay has links to Websites in 20 other countries.Almost 50 million people around the world buy and sell things on eBay.

Ⅱ.知识归纳

1.but用法归纳